PNY GeForce GTX 980 Pure Performance OC2
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ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 OC edition 3GB

The PNY GeForce GTX 980 Pure Performance OC2 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Maxwell 2.0) and has 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 230 GB/s.

The ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 OC edition 3GB is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB (Pascal) and has 3 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

The PNY GeForce GTX 980 Pure Performance OC2 has the GM204-400-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.

The ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 OC edition 3GB is based on the graphics chip GP106-300-A1, which comes from the Pascal architecture.

The graphics memory of the PNY GeForce GTX 980 Pure Performance OC2 clocks at 1.800 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 7.2 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 OC edition 3GB is 8.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 2.002 GHz.

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

The PNY GeForce GTX 980 Pure Performance OC2 is powered by 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 165 W.

The ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 OC edition 3GB has 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 120 W.

The PNY GeForce GTX 980 Pure Performance OC2 is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 OC edition 3GB has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the PNY GeForce GTX 980 Pure Performance OC2.

The ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 OC edition 3GB supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

With the PNY GeForce GTX 980 Pure Performance OC2 it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 4096x2160 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 OC edition 3GB is 7680x4320 pixels.

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

The PNY GeForce GTX 980 Pure Performance OC2 is connected to the system via PCIe 3 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 OC edition 3GB needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

The PNY GeForce GTX 980 Pure Performance OC2 has been manufactured with a structure width of 28 nanometers since Q1/2015.

The ASUS Dual series GeForce GTX 1060 OC edition 3GB came on the market in Q3/2016 and will have a structure width of 16 nanometers manufactured.